Kleinkaliber
[ˈklaɪ̯nkaˌliːbɐ]
The verdict
“Kleinkaliber” is uncommon German (frequency #63,471 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,471
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Patronen mit einem Durchmesser von 5,6 Millimetern, die vor allem im Sportschießen und bei der Jagd verwendet werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleinkaliber · Kleinkaliber · German
Kleinkaliber · rank #63,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,471
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Klavierunterr…
Nearest frequency peer: Klavierunterricht (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kleinkaliber“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kinderkrieg…
Kinderkriegen
36,534 corpus weight
- klack
klack
36,532 corpus weight
- Klavierunte…
Klavierunterricht
36,531 corpus weight
- Kleinkaliber
Kleinkaliber
36,530 corpus weight
- Klimaforsch…
Klimaforscher
36,529 corpus weight
- Klingenberg
Klingenberg
36,527 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kleinkaliber“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kleinkaliber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nkaˌliːbɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kleinkaliber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kleinkaliber is uncommon German at frequency #63,471 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaɪ̯nkaˌliːbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Patronen mit einem Durchmesser von 5,6 Millimetern, die vor allem im Sportschießen und bei der Jagd verwendet werden".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kleinkaliber in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kleinkaliber, spelled K-L-E-I-N-K-A-L-I-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Patronen mit einem Durchmesser von 5,6 Millimetern, die vor allem im Sportschießen und bei der Jagd verwendet werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kleinkaliber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Tierschutz und Jagdgesetz haben Vorrang, deswegen ist Schrot als Munition verboten, nur Kleinkaliber sind vom Ordnungsamt zugelassen.“
„Wie viel High End steckt denn überhaupt in diesem Kleinkaliber?“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).